Iraq Issues Death Sentence for Wife of Slain Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq setenced an unnamed wife of former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death.
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Islamic State Refugees Regret Returning Home to Destroyed Iraqi Village
Refugees from northern Iraq’s Nineveh province said in interviews this week they regret returning home, as their villages still have no basic services six years after an invasion by the Islamic State terror group forced them to flee the area.
American Left Adopts Taliban Tactics in Destruction of Historical Icons
As the American left targets historical icons for destruction, one is reminded of the way the Taliban destroyed centuries-old Buddhist statues.
Graphic Photos: Islamic State Throws Iraqi Man Accused of Homosexuality from Rooftop
The Islamic State organization recently published pictures of the “sentencing” of a man suspected of homosexuality.
Seventh Century Palace Discovered In Mosul Among Ruins Of Shrine Demolished By Islamic State
TEL AVIV – Archaeologists in Iraq made a surprising discovery when they unearthed a seventh century BCE palace in the ruins of the biblical prophet Jonah’s tomb, a site destroyed by the Islamic State in 2014.
World View: Iraq Begins Battle to Recapture Mosul from Islamic State
Contents: Iraq begins battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS; Sectarian violence may interfere with recapture of Mosul
Report: Islamic State Boils 6 Accused Spies Alive in Tar
The Islamic State continues to think up horrifying new methods to execute captives, deserters, and accused spies. In the latest atrocity, six accused spies were reportedly publicly executed in an Iraqi town by dipping them into vats of boiling tar.
Video: Boys Volunteer to Execute Men Accused of ‘Apostasy’ by Islamic State
A shocking new propaganda video purportedly shows teenage boys grinning with delight as they prepare to execute five innocent men accused of being spies in the Iraqi city of Nineveh after the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) called for volunteers to kill “apostates.”
Photos Display Islamic State Destruction of Ancient Nineveh Gates
National Geographic has published photos depicting the devastation the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has wrought to Nineveh, Iraq, demolishing the 2,000-year-old Nineveh Gates.
Report: Islamic State Destroys 2,000-Year-Old ‘Gate of God’ in Mosul
Sources in Mosul, Iraq, have reported that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) used military equipment to destroy the ancient monument known as the Gate of God.
Islamic State Propaganda Photos Aim To Show Normal Life Under Terror Regime
TEL AVIV – The Islamic State has released photos and videos showing officials working for the “Islamic Caliphate” in Nineveh, Iraq, carrying out infrastructure repair work. The images are the latest chapter in an ongoing propaganda effort to show that
Assyrian Army Chief Honors U.S. Fallen in Iraq at Arlington National Cemetery
Tears welled in the eyes of the Assyrian Army commander fighting to protect Christian communities from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria when he reached the section of the Arlington National Cemetery where American service members who died in the name of Iraqi freedom have been laid to rest.
ISIS Beheads Three Kurdish Peshmerga Fighters
A new ISIS propaganda video shows three Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, evidently captured in the Nineveh province of Iraq, beheaded with knives before a large crowd of onlookers, some of them small children.
ISIS Rampages Across Nineveh, Destroying Christian Churches
ISIS believes “ancient relics promote idolatry that violates their fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law.”
Officials: Statues ISIS Destroyed in Mosul Museum Were Fakes
Baghdad museum director Fawzye al-Mahdi claims the “invaluable artifacts” at a Mosul museum that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) destroyed in a video are in fact replicas.
‘Infidels’: ISIS Erasing Iraq’s Culture With Destructive Raids on Libraries
Islamic States (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) militants have been purging Iraq and Syria of its culture and history by destroying and removing thousands of archaeological and historic texts and artifacts.
ISIS Targets 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Nineveh Walls in Iraq
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) set their eyes on another historical site to demolish as they continue to establish their The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) set their eyes on another historical site to demolish as they continue to establish their caliphate across Iraq. Residents near Mosul told Assyrian website Ankawa the militants’ plan to blow up the walls of Nineveh, which date back to almost 700 B.C.
